John and Eliza Barr Patterson House

John and Eliza Barr Patterson House
Location 6205 N. Ridge Rd.
Nearest city Canton, Michigan
Coordinates 42°19′34″N 83°31′40″W / 42.32611°N 83.52778°W / 42.32611; -83.52778Coordinates: 42°19′34″N 83°31′40″W / 42.32611°N 83.52778°W / 42.32611; -83.52778
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1844[1]
Built by John Patterson
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Canton Township MPS
NRHP Reference # 00000647[2]
Added to NRHP June 09, 2000

The John and Eliza Barr Patterson House is a private house located at 6205 N. Ridge Road in Canton, Michigan, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[2]

History

John Patterson was born in 1804 in Connecticut.[3] John and his wife Pamelia moved to Canton Township in Michigan and purchased property in 1826.[1] Eight years later, in 1834, Pamelia Patterson died in childbirth; John remained a widower for 10 years.[1] In 1844, John Patterson married Eliza Barr; the couple purchased another plot of land and built this house.[1] The couple had multiple children before John died in 1856.[3] John willed his land to Eliza, who married George W. Peters soon after John's death.[3] Eliza Barr Patterson Peters died in 1885, and her land passed, as instructed in John's will, to the couple's son Charles Patterson.[3] The farm remained in the family until 1999.[4]

Description

The John and Eliza Barr Patterson House is a  1 1⁄2-story, five-bay wood-frame Greek Revival farmhouse with clapboard siding sitting atop a stone foundation.[4] The front facade is symmetrical with a center entrance topped with a transom and flanked by twelve-over-twelve windows.[4] It is topped by a wide frieze, a box cornice with returns, and a shingle roof.[4]

The interior of the house is in substantially original condition. The first floor houses a living room, dining room, a kitchen, and a single bedroom; the second floor contains four additional bedrooms and a bathroom installed circa 1940.[4] Door hardware in the house is original, and one of the bedrooms still contains a c. 1844 stenciled border at the top of the wall.[4] Hand-hewn beams can still be seen in the basement of the house.[1]

A 20th-century barn is also on the property, along with a shed and the foundation of a barn.[4] Evidence of other farm outbuildings can still be seen around the house, as well as rose, daylily, and peony plantings that date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1] A former chicken coop has been converted into living quarters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kosky and Glynn Associates (April 2000), Historic and Architectural Resources of Canton Township Multiple Property Submission Nomination Form (PDF), National Park Service
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Diane Follmer Wilson (1988), Cornerstones: a history of Canton township families, Canton Historical Society, p. 134
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Patterson, John and Eliza Barr, House". Michigan State Housing Development Authority: Historic Sites Online. Retrieved June 21, 2010.

See also

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